S09227 Summary:
| BILL NO | S09227 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A09329 |
| SPONSOR | SEPULVEDA |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add §235-j, RP L | |
| Requires landlords and lessors provide notice to tenants about bed bug infestation within twenty-four hours of having knowledge of such infestation. | |
S09227 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9227 IN SENATE May 7, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to requiring land- lords and lessors provide notice to tenants about bed bug infestation The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding a new section 2 235-j to read as follows: 3 § 235-j. Duty to inform of bed bug infestation. Upon having knowledge 4 of a bed bug infestation, the landlord or lessor of a residential prem- 5 ises shall provide all tenants and lessees on such premises written 6 notice of such infestation. Such written notice shall be provided to the 7 tenants and lessees within twenty-four hours of the landlord or lessor 8 having knowledge of the bed bug infestation. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 10 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13970-01-4